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{{Infobox journal

| title = '''Notes and Records: the Royal Society journal of the history of science'''

| formernames = Notes and Records of the Royal Society

| cover = [[File:Notes_and_Records_coverNotes and Records cover.jpg]]

| editor = BenAnita MarsdenGuerrini

| discipline = [[History of science]], [[history of technology]], [[history of medicine]]

| abbreviation = Notes Rec.

| publisher = [[The Royal Society]]

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| history = 1938–present

| openaccess = [[Hybrid open access journal|Hybrid]]

| impact factor = 0.3566

| impact-year = 20132024

| website = http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/

| link1 = http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/current

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| LCCN = 52028298

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'''''Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science''''' is an international, quarterly [[Scholarly peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] which publishes original research in the [[history of science]], [[History of technology|technology]], and [[History of medicine|medicine]]. The journal welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of the Royal Society and elsewhere); news of research projects and online and other resources of interest to historians; book reviews, including essay reviews, on material relating primarily to the history of the Royal Society; recollections or [[autobiographical]] accounts written by Fellows and others recording important moments in science from the recent past. It is published by the [[Royal Society]] and the [[editor-in-chief]] is BenAnita MarsdenGuerrini supported by an eminent editorial board.

'''''Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science''''' is an international, quarterly [[peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]]

which publishes original research in the [[history of science]], [[History of technology|technology]], and [[History of medicine|medicine]]. The journal welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of the Royal Society and elsewhere); news of research projects and online and other resources of interest to historians; book reviews, including essay reviews, on material relating primarily to the history of the Royal Society; recollections or [[autobiographical]] accounts written by Fellows and others recording important moments in science from the recent past. It is published by the [[Royal Society]] and the [[editor-in-chief]] is Ben Marsden supported by an eminent editorial board.

''Notes and Records'' is fully compliant with the open access requirements of a range of funders including the HEFCE (REF 2020), AHRC, Scottish Funding Council, Wellcome Trust and European Commission. It is designated as "green" on the [[SHERPA/RoMEO]] website.

== History ==

The journal was established in 1938 as the ''Notes and Records of the Royal Society'', under the control of Henry Lyons with the help of the assistant secretary of the Royal Society.<ref>{{cite journal |title='Divine right' or democracy? The Royal Society 'revolt' of 1935 |last=Hughes |first=J |journal=Notes and Records |volume=64 |issue=Suppl 1 |date=September 20, 2010 | pages=S101–S117 |doi=10.1098/rsnr.2010.0048|doi-access= }}</ref>

The most recent former [[editor-in-chief]] was Robert Fox (2008-2014). It obtained its current name, ''Notes and Records: the Royal Society journal of the history of science'' in 2014.

== Abstracting and indexing ==

The journal is abstracted and indexed in [[Scopus]], [[Science Citation Index Expanded]], [[Arts & Humanities Citation Index]], [[Current Contents]]/Arts & Humanities, [[Current Mathematical Publications]], and [[MathSciNet]]. According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 20142024 [[impact factor]] of 0.36.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=20152023 |chapter=Notes and Records |title=20142023 [[Journal Citation Reports]] |publisher=[[ThomsonClarivate ReutersAnalytics]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |postscripttitle-link=.Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>

== See also ==

* ''[[Notes and Queries]]''

==References==

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* {{Official website|http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org}}

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